Building Category-Defining Technology Businesses Powering the Backbone of the U.S. Economy
A disciplined approach to building great companies
Partnership DNA
We partner with founders and management teams to build ecosystem-defining businesses.
Operational Focus
We bring decades of hands-on business building experience and a growth-focused mindset to enhance performance and support value creation.
Flexible Capital
We bring flexible capital and investment discipline to compound growth and returns over the long term.
Re-Industrialization of the U.S.
Digitizing the infrastructure that powers the American industrial economy.
Frontline Worker Productivity
Powering the development of essential technologies for essential frontline workers.
Product Engineering & Design
Accelerating physical and digital product innovation by bridging the gap between ideas and execution.
Vertical Systems of Record
Mission-critical systems that run the backbone of our economy.
Grow with us
We bring scale to build scale. We build alongside you, bringing scale operators with decades of experience building valuable businesses to help your businesses meet their potential.
Growth-focused operating mindset.
Founder-partnership experience.
Unparalleled operating network and expertise.
Flexible capital with long-term orientation.
Disciplined Investment Judgment
We bring decades of disciplined investment judgment with the deal creativity. We know this market, we have the experience, and we know how to win.
Disciplined investing mindset
Network of top-tier operators
Deep domain expertise
Proven operating value-creation at scale
Grow with us
We work side-by-side with you, leveraging decades of experience building valuable businesses to help your business meet its potential.
Growth-focused operating mindset.
Founder-partnership experience.
Unparalleled operating network and expertise.
Flexible capital with long-term orientation.
Disciplined Investment Judgment
We bring decades of disciplined investment judgment with the deal creativity to make successful investments. We know this market, we have the experience, and we know how to win.
Disciplined investing mindset
Network of top-tier operators
Deep domain expertise
Proven operating value-creation at scale
Investment Criteria
Thesis-driven investments in high quality businesses in our target sub-sectors
$0-$30MM EBITDA with demonstrated track record
Predictable and growing recurring revenue
Experienced founders and management teams
Controllable, growth-focused value creation
Investment Experience
Operating & Board Experience
Representative experience of Acadia investment team and affiliated operating advisors
"Acadia saw what we were building before we fully understood it ourselves. They didn't just deploy capital—they deployed conviction and a network that changed everything."
"Eighteen years of experience in this market means they know where the real leverage points are. That knowledge is worth more than the check."
Meet the team
We bring institutional rigor and operator instinct to every decision.
Harsh spent eighteen years building and investing in middle-market technology businesses. He knows the operators and the markets.
Deep expertise in operations and scaling. Brings a network of operators and advisors to every investment.
Deep expertise in operations and scaling. Brings a network of operators and advisors to every investment.
Harsh Agarwal
Harsh brings 15+ years of institutional private equity investing experience at CD&R, EQT and TPG. Harsh founded Acadia to serve as a partner to founders and management teams, bringing disciplined capital and an operating approach leveraging a world-class operating network to help build category-defining and strategically valuable businesses.
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